May 05 (Encampment)

Encampment organizers responded to increasing threats of sanction and violence by UCSD senior administration "We reject the false narrative painted by Chancellor Khosla of the Encampment being disruptive or potentially unsafe. Camp leadership has successfully cultivated an atmosphere of respect, unity, and mutual understanding without resorting to threats of academic or legal punishment or physical intimidation, which is all the university administration has offered. It is notable that Chancellor Khosla acknowledges the threat of violence from outside the Encampment, yet all of the administration's threats and denouncements have been directed at us rather than the outside instigators. ... All administrative and police action has demonstrated that their priority is to protect white supremacist and violent non-students over UCSD's own Arab and Muslim student community. ...The organized student leadership is ready at any time discuss our demands. The camp could be dispersed tomorrow if UCSD would fully divest from the genocidal apartheid regime."